Adjustable window-shade and curtain-pole holder.



Patented July 29, 1902.

a. T. ASHTON & J. F. BAINTER. v v ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN POLE HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 11, 1900.)

(No mum.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. ASHTON AND JESSE F. BAINTEROF PI'lTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE AND CURTAIN-POLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,548, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed August 11, 1900. Serial No. 26,609- (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known thatwe, GEORGE T. ASHTON and J ESSE F. BAINTER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg,'in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Window-Shade and Curtain-Pole Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved adjustable 7 window shade and curtain pole holder, and it consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved adjustable window-shade and curtain-pole holder, which is constructed and arranged in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

To construct a combined adjustable window-shade and curtain-pole holder in accordance with our invention, we form from metal two brackets 1 of suitable size and arrange on the top of each sliding arms 2, the outer ends of which are bent to form loops 4, in which the curtain-pole rests. These sliding pieces are attached in position by small set-screws 3, operating through slots 3, extending in the direction of the length of the said pieces, in a manner that, if it is desired, the curtainpole may be adjusted toward or away from the window and permanently fixed in the desired position. Formed integral with the brackets 1 are inwardly extending strips 5 and 5 the one overlapping the other and attached together by a short screw 12, arranged through a slot 11, said extension 5 v having an offset portion 5, terminating in a shoulder 14.. By thus joining these bars together the same may be adjusted in length to suit window- To provide a means for attaching the device I in position to the window-frame, two lugs 13 are formed on the upper edge of the bars 5, and by means of wood-screws 10 the device is socured to the window-frame. Formed on the lower edge of the bars 5 are outwardly-extending pieces 6 and 7, the one provided with a small annular opening and the other with an open slot, by means of whichthe windowshade 8 is supported in a manner well known in the art. One of said strips 5 is provided with a shoulder 14 to limit the lateral movement of said strips 5.

Various slight modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the in vention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined window-shade and curtain-pole holder, comprising the supporting-brackets l with adjustable strips held thereon, and inte gral extension 5 on one of said brackets and an extension 5 on the other, which is adjustably held against the face of an offset portion of said extension 53, which offset portion 5' terminates in a shoulder 14, the outer face of the extension 5 being flush with the outer face of the portion of the extension between said shoulder and the bracket 1, and integral shade-holding brackets 6 on the extensions, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE '1. ASHTON. JESSE F. BAINTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN Gnon'rzmena, Tnos. MURPHY. 

